Example sentences of "but [adj] [is] not to say [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also sees a rosy future for superstores : ‘ Superstores wo n't take the same percentage of the market as in the US , but that 's not to say they wo n't do well — they will . |
| 2 | ‘ They come and go a bit silently , of course , but that 's not to say they 're furtive . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But that 's not to say she 'd commit murder . ’ |
| 4 | erm and ended up dealing with it but that 's not to say she should n't deal with it erm she just got to be trained how to deal with it |
| 5 | There was neither an immediate protestation nor confirmation from Charlie ; then he said , ‘ No ; I have never wanted anyone else ; but that 's not to say I 've never had needs , and they had to be met . |
| 6 | But that 's not to say it was a bad sound . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not made of matter — like the surface the beetles were on — but that 's not to say it 's nothing . ’ |
| 8 | But that 's not to say our life with the Caterham has been an uninterrupted joy . |
| 9 | It may well be that the overall shape of income distributions is roughly constant , but that is not to say there is not much movement within it intra-and intergenerationally . |
| 10 | I have authorised his scheme , but that is not to say it will ever come about . |
| 11 | ‘ But that is not to say I am going to rush back there at the first opportunity . ’ |